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Ms. Cheyette from Eight Mile, AL is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Move & Groove With Flexible Seating!

Help me give my students flexible seating to enhance focus, creativity, critical thinking, motivation, engagement, collaboration, and communication. Movement boosts oxygen to the brain, which helps keep them more alert & focused during long lessons.

  • $810 goal

This project expired on June 24, 2024.

This project expired on June 24, 2024.

My Project

I would like to have flexible seating stools to use for small group and 1 on 1 lessons specifically to enhance motivation, focus, creativity and learning. Studies have shown that flexible classroom seating has a positive impact on student's engagement and academic success. They enhance student engagement-inflexible or rigid seating can make it hard for students to remain engaged for long periods of time. In fact, sitting in rigid or inflexible seats over long periods of time can lead to fatigue, drowsiness, discomfort, inattention, increased misbehavior and poor posture. Flexible seating, on the other hand, gives students the power to learn in positions most comfortable to them. It's designed to increase focus by allowing students to lean, lounge, rock, wobble or stand, and be freer with their movements. Movement boosts oxygen flow to the brain, which helps to keep students more alert and focused throughout long lessons. Allowing students to choose where they sit and learn in the classroom enables them to feel in control of their learning. It empowers students to think about how they learn best and urges them to be more strategic with their choices. When students are given this level of freedom in the classroom, it elevates their mood, boosts their confidence, and improves their academic performance. Students with autism or ADHD, often struggle with sensory overload or sensory-seeking behaviors. Flexible seating options allow these students to move in ways that help regulate their sensory input. This leads to improved focus and attention by providing a controlled outlet for their sensory needs. For students who are sensitive to their environment, fixed, traditional seating can cause anxiety. Flexible seating, by contrast, can create a more welcoming and less intimidating atmosphere. I have several students that struggle with sensory input so flexible seating would help them tremendously!

Ms. Cheyette Indian Springs Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Eight Mile, AL View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

17 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
ECR4Kids Wave Seat, 14in - 15.1in Seat Height, Perch Stool, Lime Green, 2-Pack • Amazon Business $99.99 2 $199.98
ECR4Kids Wave Seat, 14in - 15.1in Seat Height, Perch Stool, Light Purple, 2-Pack • Amazon Business $99.99 2 $199.98
ECR4Kids Wave Seat, 14in - 15.1in Seat Height, Perch Stool, Cyan, 2-Pack • Amazon Business $99.99 2 $199.98

Materials cost

$599.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $48.90

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$687.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$121.38

Total project goal

$809.22

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